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Understanding the economic impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation policies on shipping : what is the state of the art of current modeling approaches?
Halim, Ronald A.; Smith, Tristan; Englert, Dominik - 2019
The International Maritime Organization's initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation measures included in the strategy. This assessment should be...
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Is 3D printing a threat to global trade? : the trade effects you didn’t hear about : World Development Report 2020 background paper
Freund, Caroline L.; Mulabdic, Alen; Ruta, Michele - 2019
-in-differences and synthetic control methods, this paper examines the effects of this shift on trade flows. The analysis finds that trade … examines 35 products that are partially 3D printed and finds positive and significant effects on trade. The results counter … widespread views that 3D printing will shorten supply chains and reduce trade …
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Up before dawn : experimental evidence from a cross-border trader training at the Democratic Republic of Congo–Rwanda border
Croke, Kevin; García Mora, María Elena; Goldstein, … - 2020
Small-scale cross-border trade provides opportunities for economic gains in many developing countries. Yet cross …-seeking from border officials. These results highlight the need to improve governance and establish clear cross-border trade …
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Digital innovation in East Asia : restrictive data policies matter?
Ferracane, Martina Francesca; Van der Marel, Erik - 2020
Digital technologies encourage companies to innovate with new processes, goods, and services, which ultimately enhance their competitiveness in local and global markets. This paper analyzes whether a wide set of data restrictions are negatively associated with digital innovation of firms. The...
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How technology adoption and trade are shaping Indonesian labor markets
Viollaz, Mariana; Darko, Francis Addeah; Mason, Andrew D. - 2019
This paper analyzes the simultaneous impacts and interplay of exports and technology adoption on the demand for different types of skills and aggregate labor market indicators in Indonesia over a period characterized by a commodity boom (2005-10) and a period of declining exports (2011-15). The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168126
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Trade and female labor participation : stylized facts using a global dataset
Rocha, Nadia; Winkler, Deborah - 2019
Using a cross-section of more than 29,000 manufacturing firms in 64 developing and emerging countries from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, this paper assesses whether trading firms have a female labor share premium relative to non-trading firms. It focuses on four types of trading firms:...
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Does automation in rich countries hurt developing ones? : evidence from the U.S. and Mexico
Artuc, Erhan; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Winkler, Hernan - 2019
that are more exposed to automation in the U.S. through trade fared in exports and employment outcomes. The results show …
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What explains Latin America's low share of industrial employment?
Sinha, Rishabh - 2019
This paper investigates the relative importance of different channels in explaining the low share of industrial employment in Latin America relative to the economies that employ a large share of the workforce in industry. Differences in domestic final consumption shares play a pivotal role and...
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Common transport infrastructure : a quantitative model and estimates from the Belt and Road Initiative
Soyres, François de; Mulabdic, Alen; Ruta, Michele - 2019
This paper presents a structural general equilibrium model to analyze the effects on trade, welfare, and gross domestic … Ricardian model with sectoral linkages, trade in intermediate goods and sectoral heterogeneity-to allow for changes in trade … countries. The model highlights the trade impact of infrastructure investments through cross-border input-output linkages. This …
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Measuring what matters in global value chains and value-added trade : World Development Report 2020 : background paper
Borin, Alessandro; Mancini, Michele - 2019
, several important questions remain unaddressed. This paper proposes a new toolkit for value-added accounting of trade flows at …-including an assessment of the share of trade related to GVCs. The paper shows how different empirical issues require distinct …
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